Sen. Luis Sepúlveda

Enacts the "New York City Training And Comprehension of Trauma in Children (TACTIC) Act"; establishes the TACTIC council; provides for a trauma informed care training program to teachers in schools located in the city of New York; creates a department of child trauma informed care to assist with parenting workshops, to assign trauma informed care specialists to schools and to report to the TACTIC council regarding child trauma informed care provided to schools in the city of New York.

Adds spirit-based ready-to-drink cocktails to the definition of beverage; includes ready-to-drink cocktail containers in the state bottle deposit incentive program.

Requires at least one electric level three fast charging station available to the public for every five thousand New York state residents on a county level by December 31, 2027; provides for the siting of such charging stations; requires construction and development of such stations to comply with article 8 of the labor law including payment of the prevailing wage.

Expands eligibility for tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by persons with disabilities to include individuals who do not meet the non-medical qualifications for SSDI and SSI but, by reason of the individual's disability, the individual is not able to engage in substantial gainful activity as that term is defined by the federal social security administration.

Maddy summaryS 5078 requires the State Board of Parole to include in its annual report the specific release voting rate for each individual parole commissioner when reviewing applicants for community supervision or deportation. This mandates tracking and reporting how often each commissioner votes to release people appearing before the board, broken down by demographic categories like age, gender, race, and ethnicity. The bill directly affects parole commissioners (who make release decisions) and the State Board of Parole (which compiles the report). It adds this transparency measure to existing reporting requirements without changing parole eligibility or procedures.

Establishes the reentry assistance program; provides for eligible incarcerated individuals to receive a monthly stipend upon release from a state correctional facility; makes an appropriation of $25,000,000.

Maddy summaryBill S 7746 eliminates the requirement to suspend a driver's license, professional license, or recreational license when an individual fails to pay child support. It amends sections of the Domestic Relations Law, Vehicle and Traffic Law, and Social Services Law. Specifically, it removes the legal provisions that mandate or allow for the suspension of driving privileges solely due to unpaid child support arrears. The bill retains the ability for courts to order the suspension of driving privileges if a person fails to comply with summonses, subpoenas, or warrants related to paternity proceedings.

Lowers the blood alcohol concentration required for driving while intoxicated from .08 of one per centum to .05, and for aggravated driving while intoxicated from .18 per centum to .12.

Maddy summaryThis bill makes it a crime to intentionally stage a construction site accident to file a fraudulent insurance claim. It specifically targets individuals who enter a construction site to create or arrange an accident, or who direct others to do so, with the intent to submit a false insurance claim. The offense is classified as a class E felony, punishable by up to four years in prison. This law directly affects construction workers, contractors, or others involved in insurance claims who might attempt to fabricate accidents for financial gain.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires most health insurance plans in New York to cover medically necessary hearing aids for children under 18. It mandates coverage for hearing aids purchased from licensed hearing aid dispensers or audiologists, including related services like mold adjustments. Coverage is limited to one hearing aid per ear every 24 months, unless a child's hearing loss significantly changes within that period. Insurance plans may still apply deductibles or copays, but must cover the hearing aids themselves (excluding batteries and cords).